Attitudes to Disposal of the Dead - Gazetteer Query Form

Background to the Gazetteer | Table of Contents

Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Long Crichel 23

Site number 725

Burial codes 4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4032 4036 4042 4047 4051 4065 4074 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4125 4143 4152 4153 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A bowl barrow covering two concentric ditches 1.5m apart, and formed by a mound of fine loam with scattered Beaker sherds throughout. At the centre was an oval grave 2.1m x 1.5m x 2.7m deep, oriented EW, filled with loose chalk rubble overlying a crouched burial at the bottom. The skeleton was on its left side, head to W. At the feet were the humerus and radius of a nearly adult pig.

Remains/Period Y4

County Dorset

Region S

National grid square ST

X coordinate 962

Y coordinate 115

Bibliographic source Piggott and Piggott 1944

Query

Site name	Long Crichel 23
Site number	725
Burial codes	4001 4005 4021 4023 4025 4028 4030 4032 4036 4042 4047 4051 4065 4074 4084 4091 4098 4104 4111 4125 4143 4152 4153 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A bowl barrow covering two concentric ditches 1.5m apart, and formed by a mound of fine loam with scattered Beaker sherds throughout. At the centre was an oval grave 2.1m x 1.5m x 2.7m deep, oriented EW, filled with loose chalk rubble overlying a crouched burial at the bottom. The skeleton was on its left side, head to W. At the feet were the humerus and radius of a nearly adult pig.
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Dorset
Region	S
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	962
Y coordinate	115
Bibliographic source	Piggott and Piggott 1944